Thesaurus: cleek
1. A large hook or crook, as for a pot over a fire; specif., an iron- headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and a long shaft. 2. Act of cleeking; a clutch. [Scot.] 1. To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck. 2. To…
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- 1. A large hook or crook, as for a pot over a fire; specif., an iron- headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and a long shaft. 2. Act of cleeking; a clutch. [Scot.] 1. To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck. 2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook. 3. To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. Scott.
- To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck.